Ukraine's Zelenskiy issues decree on discharging conscripts


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  • Friday, 08 Mar 2024

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during 'Ukraine. Year 2024' conference, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 25, 2024. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo

(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a decree on Thursday providing for conscripts serving in the two-year-old war against Russia to be discharged into Ukraine's reserves within the next two months.

The decree will allow some respite for service members who have been engaged in the military since even before Russian troops poured over the border in February 2022.

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